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Old 02-27-2011, 07:48 PM   #1
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Google Penalizes Overstock for Search Tactics
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...WhatsNewsFifth
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Old 02-27-2011, 08:18 PM   #2
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In Overstock's case, the retailer offered discounts of 10% on some merchandise to students and faculty. In exchange, it asked college and university websites to embed links for certain keywords like "bunk beds" or "gift baskets" to Overstock product pages.
Nicely done..until they got caught
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Old 02-28-2011, 05:57 AM   #5
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It's not nice to try to fool Mother Google ...
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Old 02-28-2011, 07:06 AM   #6
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Old 02-28-2011, 07:20 AM   #7
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You know a little bit of the article would be nice then I decide to click the link or not to read the rest.
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Old 02-28-2011, 07:21 AM   #8
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Old 02-28-2011, 07:23 AM   #9
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Old 02-28-2011, 07:28 AM   #10
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too bad that the algo change affected many legit sites and businesses
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Old 02-28-2011, 07:46 AM   #11
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The same thing happened to JC Penney's ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/bu.../13search.html
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Old 02-28-2011, 08:05 AM   #12
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You know a little bit of the article would be nice then I decide to click the link or not to read the rest.
Then don't click it!
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Old 02-28-2011, 08:07 AM   #13
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People buy SEO hard links all the time, every day. Overstock was doing the same. They just paid for them with a 10% discount instead of straight out.
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Old 02-28-2011, 08:10 AM   #14
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umm this is very strange to me ........
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I think they got ratted out more than caught.
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